卵巢癌约半数以上的患者就诊时已属晚期,此时单纯手术已难奏效,化疗成为主要治疗的手段。化疗本身并不能根治晚期卵巢癌,但它可以控制癌肿的发展,使之缩小,一般情况可以得到改善。术后化疗可以巩固疗效,消除手术区及血液中散在的癌细胞,予防显微性转移并有可能消除残存癌瘤。化疗可以单独使用,或几种药物联合使用。单药使用是晚期患者最常用的方法,但肿物越大,疗效越差,其 More than half of patients with ovarian cancer have been at the advanced stage at the time of treatment. At this time, simple surgery has been ineffective and chemotherapy has become the main treatment. Chemotherapy itself does not cure late ovarian cancer, but it can control the development of cancer and make it smaller, and the general situation can be improved. Postoperative chemotherapy can consolidate the curative effect, eliminate scattered cancer cells in the surgical area and in the blood, prevent metastasis and possibly eliminate residual tumors. Chemotherapy can be used alone or in combination with several drugs. Monotherapy is the most commonly used method for advanced patients, but the larger the tumor, the worse the efficacy.